"We all tried our hand at getting that Motown sound you know...all the bands in the mid '60s. The best ones at it were the Action... They were an amazing band." (Steve Marriott, 1987)

Four previously unreleased tracks by the ultimate ACTION recorded
during 1964 and 1965, on both vinyl and CD EP.

Alongside the Small Faces and the Who, London's ACTION were
undoubtedly Britain's premier mod band during the mid 1960s, and their
chain of five singles for Parlophone from October 1965 to June 1967 are
venerated as one of the finest runs of 45s of the period (or indeed of
any period really). Subsequent releases of the group's material such as
The Ultimate Action, Rolled Gold, Uptight And Outasight and CD
repackages of the band's EMI output, plus the Action's period of
reformation, have endeared the group to a huge swell of post 60s fans
and the band command a level of respect and adulation rarely bestowed
on many other groups of their era. Sadly with the aforementioned slew
of records and CDs the well of archive Action material appeared to have
run dry...until now that is!

The excellent book on the Action In The Lap Of The Mods, published
in 2012, shed light on a previously rarely documented aspect of the
Action's recording career, specifically their audition for the Decca
record company in May 1965. Indeed some copies of the book included a
limited edition vinyl 45 extracted from an acetate recently discovered
from that audition, which was a supreme version of the Temptations 'Why
You Wanna Make Me Blue'. That recording, taped six months before their
EMI debut, makes a welcome re-appearance here and also emerges on CD
for the first time. Unbelievably since the book came out another
acetate from that Decca session has surfaced, one side of which
features a wonderful interpretation of one of many people's favourite
Action tracks 'In My Lonely Room', which incredibly surpasses the later
recording for Parlophone and has a real 'live' feel to it. Coupled with
'In My Lonely Room' was a fine rendition of the Impressions' 'You'll
Want Me back', which finds the Action in a more mellow blue eyed soul
groove and showcases perhaps the most Reggie King's leap in vocal
prowess in the comparative short space of time since the band's
recordings for Pye as the Boys barely six months previous.

Not that the Boys' single for Pye was a slouch - far from it - and
Top Sounds round off the EP with another previously undocumented
recording. Committed to acetate during their time as the Boys was one
of Reggie King's earliest compositions, and 'Fine Looking Girl' exposes
further the pre-emptive Action in rather good form indeed.

Restored to the best possible standard from the original acetates,
the four selections on In My Lonely Room are a fascinating, important
and invaluable document of the emergent Action during late 1964 and
1965, and Top Sounds are justifiably elated to place these portentous
recordings together for the first time. With the blessing of Action
drummer Roger Powell, help from In the Lap Of The Mods authoress Jane
Shepherd and delivered in full vintage 60s style packaging courtesy of
Bruce Brand, In My Lonely Room is sure to excite Action fans everywhere
and in all probability - unfortunately - may well be the final release
of 'new' vintage Action recordings. Your last chance to catch some new
unbelievable ACTION!